Police are investigating an attempted burglary in McCandless, Allegheny County.

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According to police, two men in masks tried to break into a home on Bristol Court about 11 a.m. Thursday.

Police said the would-be burglars threw a brick through a back window, but they were scared off by a teenage boy who was home alone at the time.

Neighbor Frank Carothers said he rushed home when he got a call from the boy’s mother, who was at work at the time.

“She was nervous, absolutely nervous, like any mother would be, concerned about her kids,” said Carothers.

The teen told Channel 4 Action News’ Paul Van Osdol the masked men may have been looking for money from a charity golf tournament held recently in honor of his father -- former Shaler High School basketball coach Howie Ruppert -- who died four years ago.

Police said one of the men was wearing an orange mask -- possibly used for paintball -- and the other had a dark-colored mask.